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Sunday, April 1, 2012
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Kevin Morgan
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Denver, CO
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1864 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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Not long ago, BNSF would frequently use older power on the Beer Run in the form of SD40-2s or something similar. These days, it tends to run with newer power, such as the C44-9W and ES44DC seen here. The SD40-2s will be dropped off in Golden and used on the Golden Switcher (local) in the upcoming week.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
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Kevin Morgan
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Denver, CO
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Golden (BNSF)
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BNSF
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BNSF's Beer Run is offering up a lot of "bell and whistle" as it heads west toward Sheridan Blvd. The BNSF train is moving close to UP track gangs working on the new main track. You can see the future Main 2 (with concrete ties) to the left of the train in the picture. The new (freshly ballasted) Arvada Siding is right next to the BNSF track.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
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1959 (Add a Comment)
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Golden (BNSF)
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Okay, a BNSF C44-9W. So what, right? At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything special about the unit. However, it is the first C44-9W that I have seen wearing the New Image scheme instead of the Heritage II scheme! On this Friday afternoon, the unit is sitting on BNSF's Golden Branch, shut down, on a work train.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 7
Arvada, CO
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Golden (BNSF)
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It is about five minutes before sunset and the Beer Run has picked up a string of loaded coal hoppers from the Arvada siding for transport to Coors in Golden. In addition to the standard power on the train, two SD40-2s are on the train too. They were serviced in Denver and will act as the power on the Golden Switch in the week to come.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 11
Arvada, CO
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Golden (BNSF)
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A pair of sequentially numbered ES44DCs pull the Beer Run across Ward Road on their trek toward Golden. The decline in the economy has resulted in thousands of older units being shut down and stored. Consequently, it has become common to find some of the newest power working the "lowly" Beer Run.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 6
Denver, CO
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Golden (BNSF)
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With the economy being in a slump right now, railroads are storing unneeded power. The stored power tends to be older power (SD40-2s, for example). As a result, newer power is showing up on jobs that would have operated under older power not long ago. Here is a perfect example. The "Beer Run" sits on the Golden Sub at Tennyson Street with a pair of C44-9Ws for power.
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
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Kevin Morgan
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MP 13
Golden, CO
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Golden (BNSF)
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This shot can really take you back! A pair of Yellow-Bonnets, a GP39-2 and a GP38, will serve as power for the Golden Switch which runs east out of Golden to switch other industries on the Golden Sub. In 1987 and 1988, these same units could be found on the Joint Line, running some of the hottest trains on the Santa Fe (the QDVLJ and QLJDV from Denver to La Junta and vice versa).
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